by Alan McDonald | Aug 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
NLCT were commissioned by Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire to carry out a Short Breaks Consultation with carers. In May and June 2023, we consulted with a total of 177 carers, gaining valuable insights into what carers understand about short breaks, and what...
by Angela Millar | Jul 7, 2023 | Uncategorised
North Lanarkshire Carers Together (NLCT) has launched the new referral guide for Carer Breather projects across North Lanarkshire for 2023-2025. Carer Breather projects support unpaid carers to have time out of their caring role in their local communities, or North...
by Angela Millar | Jul 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
North Lanarkshire Carers Together carried out a consultation on the impacts of the cost of living crisis on carers and the people they care for from November – December 2022. This was the only targeted research into impacts on carers in our localities. At the end of...
by Angela Millar | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorised
NLCT has launched its consultation on carer breaks on behalf of Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire (H&SC NL). The consultation is being run with the aim of putting carers at the heart of improvements to short breaks, respite and other forms of carer breaks....
by Angela Millar | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
The second round of funding for Carer Breather services has been allocated to 11 organisations across North Lanarkshire. The funding will be used to provided breaks to carers from their caring roles in their local communities. These breaks allow carers to access...
by Angela Millar | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorised
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire has launched the application process for Carer Breather funding for 2023-2025. The Carer Breather fund is a Community Solutions funding initiative to support community and voluntary sector organisations in North Lanarkshire provide...
by Angela Millar | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorised
We have published our report, ‘Tackling the cost of living emergency for unpaid carers in North Lanarkshire’, making robust recommendations for immediate and accessible financial supports and improved access to wider financial and social care supports to...
by Angela Millar | Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Following a successful year of the first ever funded Carer Breather projects in North Lanarkshire, Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire announced in November that there will be a new round of funding made available next year. This will run from 2023-2025 with...
by Angela Millar | Dec 21, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Care Inspectorate is a scrutiny body which supports improvement in the quality of care in Scotland to ensure it meets high standards. Where they find that improvement is needed, they will support services to make positive changes, including recommendations to...
by Angela Millar | Nov 14, 2022 | Uncategorised
Continually rising energy prices and impacts on wider costs mean unpaid carers are experiencing ever increasing levels of financial hardship. This hardship is having immediate effects on health, wellbeing, and financial security and could have long-lasting negative...